Donovan vs Papineau

A side-by-side comparison of Donovan and Papineau: population, income, housing, and more.

Donovan and Papineau are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Donovan has the higher population (254 vs 109 in Papineau). Papineau has the higher median household income ($64,000 vs $49,038 in Donovan). Donovan has the higher median home value ($87,700 vs $86,700 in Papineau).

Population, income & housing

	Donovan	Papineau
Population	254	109
Median age	33.5 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,038	$64,000
Median home value	$87,700	$86,700
Median gross rent	$1,056	$720
Housing units	97	50
Homeownership rate	76.3%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	17.6%	13.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donovan	Papineau
Population	232 → 254 (+9.5%)	114 → 109 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$38,000 → $49,038 (+29.0%)	$44,750 → $64,000 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$72,900 → $87,700 (+20.3%)	$92,500 → $86,700 (-6.3%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,056 (+56.4%)	$688 → $720 (+4.7%)

Donovan

Population

232254

Median household income

$38,000$49,038

Median home value

$72,900$87,700

Median gross rent

$675$1,056

Papineau

Population

114109

Median household income

$44,750$64,000

Median home value

$92,500$86,700

Median gross rent

$688$720

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donovan	Papineau
Under 5	5.1%	11.9%
5 to 17	26.4%	2.8%
18 to 24	3.1%	19.3%
25 to 34	16.5%	5.5%
35 to 44	16.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	9.4%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	26.6%
75 and over	3.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donovan	Papineau
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donovan	Papineau
No high school diploma	3.6%	11.1%
High school graduate	46.4%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donovan	Papineau
Drove alone	79.4%	94.6%
Carpooled	15.5%	1.8%
Public transit	1.0%	3.6%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donovan	Papineau
1-unit, detached	92.8%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Donovan	Papineau
Poverty rate	14.1%	17.4%
Average household size	3.34	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	48	19
Median year structure built	1938	1955